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PRIVACY STATEMENT
When does Slingshot collect my personally identifiable information? Slingshot gathers information from members and visitors in four ways:
Cookies are small files that contain information about your preferences. Your computer stores the cookie and uses it each time you visit our site. When you arrive at slingshot.com, our computers use the information in the cookie to conform the site to your preferences, customizing your experience. These cookies, which are often "scrambled" for security, contain no other personal information. Furthermore, most browsers can be configured to reject cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. Slingshot may also record your IP Address. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer automatically whenever you use the Internet, but it doesn't contain any personal information. When you visit slingshot.com, our servers log your IP address for system administration purposes. We simply know that a user visited our site. Occasionally we generate and report aggregate statistical analyses for our advertisers, such as, how many people use the site. When you dial-in to the Slingshot network, we may log the number from which you dialed. We capture this information so we can measure our service reliability and manage the capacity of our network in a particular area. Like an IP address, the number we record is not linked to any personally identifiable information. Who does Slingshot share information with? We may share aggregate user information with third parties to provide you with a customized user experience on our site. In general, we don't disclose your personal information to third parties except to the extent necessary to provide you with a requested service or unless required by law. We share limited credit card information with our third-party verification providers. We disclose personal information when we believe in good faith that any applicable law, regulation, or legal process requires it, or where we believe disclosure is necessary to protect or enforce our rights or the rights of another user. We also disclose aggregated user statistics to describe our services and reach to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties. Aggregate data, however, is not traceable to you specifically. Specific uses of personal information that vary from this Privacy Statement (if any) may be found the in the Terms of Service or privacy policies applicable to that particular service. To the extent that you are notified of uses of your personal information which are different from those described in this Privacy Statement during your enrollment in any particular service, contest or promotion, the uses of which you are specifically notified will govern that service, sweepstakes, contest or promotion. Please be on the lookout for terms of service and privacy statements applicable to the services in which you participate. Please note, however, that we do not control the privacy policies of our advertisers and other third party sites. If you choose to follow a link from Slingshot and submit information to an advertiser, you are subject to their privacy policies. We assume no responsibility or liability for third party policies or the actions of non-affiliated third parties. How is my personal information used? Slingshot gathers user information to provide you with an effortless, customized user experience. We review our users' preferences, demographics, traffic patterns, and other information in the aggregate so that we can better understand who our audience is and what they want. By recording your information, we can greet you personally when visit our site by providing your specified preferences (e.g., website look and feel and preferred categories), as well as services that we think will be of interest to you. We also use the information to maintain aspects of your account, such as billing and email. Tracking user preferences also helps us serve you targeted advertising, such as banner ads. Targeted advertisements are more interesting for you and more productive for our advertisers. For example, if a studio wants to advertise an upcoming release of a new action film, we can target the ad our members who have reviewed or have read reviews of movies in the same genre. Nonetheless, your personal information is never divulged to advertisers. While our third-party ad servers may have access to your personal information, they are bound by the terms of this Privacy Statement pursuant to our agreements with them. What are my options to control the use of my personal information? You may cancel your slingshot service at any time by calling our customer support line at: 1-888-347-3704, as well as request the removal of your personal information from our records by sending email to privacy@slingshot.com. We will send an email to confirm your request. After you respond, we will remove your information from our database. Residual information may remain in our archives and records, but this information will not be used for commercial purposes. However, we may notify you of major changes to our service from time to time. We reserve the right to maintain information on members who have violated our Terms of Service or who have had their access to slingshot blocked in order to detect repeat offenders. What else should I know about my privacy? You should be aware that any information you disclose online in a public area might be collected and used by others. The information can be used to send you unsolicited messages, advertisements, etc. We do not control the actions of our visitors and members. If you disclose personal information in a review, bulletin board, or any other publicly accessible place in the slingshot site, you do so at your own risk. Your privacy begins with you. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your personal information, and you should be especially cautious when disclosing it online. We employ reasonable efforts to safeguard your privacy, but transmissions on the Internet are never absolutely secure. Slingshot assumes no liability for disclosure of data due to errors in transmission or unauthorized third parties. What about kids' personally identifiable information? We feel strongly about protecting the privacy of children. We encourage kids to involve their parents in any interactive activity in which they participate online. We don't collect or use any personal information from children we know to be under 13 without obtaining express parental consent. All general information collected from users under the age of thirteen is used only for aggregate statistical analysis. Acceptance of Privacy Policy. By using the Slingshot site and services, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Statement. If you do not agree or are not comfortable with any policy described in this Privacy Statement, your only remedy is to discontinue use of the Slingshot site. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time. Your continued use of any portion of the Slingshot site following notification or posting of such changes will constitute your acceptance of those changes. If you have questions or concerns about our specific policies, please send e-mail to privacy@slingshot.com. Want more information? Check out these helpful links . . .
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